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Copyright of Papers of Hungarian Studies / Hungarologiai Kozlemenyek is the property of Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

One of the main goals of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 is to maintain and restore ecosystem services. It requires the member states to assess and map the condition of ecosystems, and the state and economic value of the most important ecosystem services (ESs). Led by the Ministry of Agriculture an EU-co-financed KEHOP-4.3.0-VEKOP-15-2016-00001 project started in Hungary in 2016 to fulfill these goals. The evaluation of the ecosystem services follows a so-called cascade model, which has 4 main levels: 1. condition of ecosystems, 2. capacity of ecosystems to provide selected ESs (potential supply), 3. actual use of ESs, 4. contribution of ESs to human wellbeing. The results of the project will hopefully assist the sustainable management of environmental resources, the development of the green infrastructure network, improved communication between different sectors, and proper decision making in nature conservation and other related sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assigned its first thematic assessment in 2014 to pollinators, pollination and its role in food production. Most of the wild and crop plants need at some extent pollination by managed and/or wild pollinators, therefore pollination has outstanding ecological, economic, social and cultural values. The technical report and the short summary for policy makers approved by the Plenary of IPBES in 2016 concludes that pollinators are increasingly under threat from human activities, including land use change, loss and fragmentation of semi-natural habitats, intensive agricultural management, increased use of pesticides and climate change. While several pollinator species are threatened by extinction or show declining population trends, the demand for animal pollination and the extension area of insectpollinated crops increases constantly. The long-term, sustainable use of pollination requires urgent and multiple activities not only in the agriculture, but changes also in the human mentality and attitude to our environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]